Panch Kalyanaka Pratishtha Mahotsava

Panch Kalyanaka Pratishtha Mahotsava is a traditional Jain ceremony that consecrates one or more Jain Tirthankara icons with celebration of Panch Kalyanaka (five auspicious events).

[1] 5 names of panch kalyanak are Chyavan (conception) Janma (birth) Diksha (renunciation) Keval Gyan (omniscience) Moksha (liberation) The five kalyanakas are the five major events associated with a Tirthankara are:[1] These events are celebrated in relation to icons of Tirthankaras which is called Pratishtha.

A pratishtha must be authorised by an acknowledged leader of the sangha, an Acharya or a Bhattaraka, or a representative (pratishthacharya), who can recite the sacred suri-mantra to mark the final step in the installation ceremony.

The Śvetāmbara sect requires a ceremony called anjana-shalaka.

[citation needed] In Bundelkhand region, a panch-kalyanak pratishtha is accompanied by a gaj rath (chariot drawn by elephants) procession.